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Sean Combs’ Longtime ‘Right Hand’ Looms Large at Trial Despite Absence

Sean Combs' chief of staff Kristina Khorram has loomed large over his trial despite neither side calling her as a witness.

Her name has come up so often at Sean Combs ’ sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial, a defense lawyer suggested Tuesday that the government’s case appears to “hinge largely” on her alleged actions behind the scenes. In one, music producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones compared Khorram to Ghislaine Maxwell, the former socialite who’s now serving 20 years in prison for helping Jeffrey Epstein recruit and groom underage girls for sex trafficking. Khorram finally broke her silence after another former Combs assistant, Phillip Pines, named her as a co-defendant in a December 2024 lawsuit and detailed his allegations in a sit-down interview for the ID docuseries The Fall of Diddy, made in partnership with Rolling Stone Films.

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